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There were hundreds of people who worked on the game, and the game itself went out of it’s way to feature trans characters. I doubt there’s a single AAA game or mass produced product out there that isn’t partially owned by some individual who you don’t want to support, so I think singling out hogwarts legacy in particular to boycott is kind of meaningless.

You could argue that by boycotting it you’re sending a message and just singling it out as an example, but the game already sold incredibly well and is a huge success. I don’t think there’s any reason at this point that someone who grew up enjoying harry potter and wants to play the game should feel bad about it at this point. Seems silly to deny yourself something you might enjoy over some small change going to a billionaire you don’t like.

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jac@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Sounds like terf apologia to me.

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- boletus@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  The last AAA game you played is almost guaranteed to have been worked on by at least one racist, trans phobic, radical extremist of some kind. Just something to consider.
  
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  - jac@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    None of them bought the UK suprime court though.
    
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    boletus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Of course always vote with your wallet. Just saying it’s a complex topic and it’s one thing to boycott it because Rowling profits off it, but you’re also excluding the hundreds of hard working game developers who put years of their life towards a legitimately good game.
    
    Unfortunately, because of the existence of shareholders, pretty much anything non indie is going to be profiting off exploitative rich people with generally loads of prejudice against marginalised groups. Even indie games you’re kinda stuck, look at factorio for example. Or you’re supporting the storefront. There may be ways to consume games ethically maybe but there’s always a catch somewhere. Informing consumers of these choices is important, but judging them for it is reductive considering the only winning move is not to play.
    
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  - trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Do those one-off bigots that perhaps lended some labor to said games get royalties for the IP? If not, then this comparison is not even close to valid with a billionaire bigot raking in more wealth based on an IP they poisoned.
    
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    boletus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Perhaps it wasn’t the best example, but the point I’m trying to get across is that almost any game you’ve played recently is likely profiting a bigot in some way or another.
    
    Shareholders will always exist. Funding sources. Executives. Just because they didn’t write the code doesn’t mean they weren’t involved with the development. And they certainly make money off the success.
    
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SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
don’t support things that support nazis

jkr is very very rich, and very very actively a transphobe

she VERY actively uses her money to degrade society

“you’re just one person and don’t matter” is not good logic even if it were the logic here, which it’s not, because she’s so rich and powerful.

Honestly, take your head out of your anus and see that you’re justifying doing a shitty thing. She’s got garbage cancer and needs to gtfo. Let the ip die, she ruined it.

You wouldn’t say the same shit if the main proprietor were an ACTIVE Nazi. Or maybe you would also apologize on her behalf? Or does it just take some other level of mental gymnastics to justify your own ambivalence to massive injustices that aren’t at your own expense?
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